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- IHBC takes key step forward in Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments’ delivery, joining National Federation of Builders’ National Heritage Skills Forum 10/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 10/11/2026
- Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more… 10/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 10/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: Deregulated housing conversions linked to poor health and wellbeing, from UCL 10/11/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: The Guardian on Clifton Suspension Bridge… ‘A big responsibility’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Back on track as Leas Lift carriages return home 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: New Visitor Levy fund to help futureproof Edinburgh’s cultural and heritage buildings 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: National Railway Museum celebrates start of construction on… the Porterbrook gallery 10/11/2026
- Nominate a building for the 20th edition of the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, before 4 January 10/11/2026
- National Trust: ‘Landmark act of generosity secures home of London’s oldest restaurant for the future’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Preserving Legacies Climate Heritage Cohort Program’, open to 8 January, ‘…work with a place that is culturally significant to your community’ 10/11/2026
- IHBC offers advice and support in roll out of ‘Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland’ 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s November CPD Circular: Your user-friendly ‘What’s on’ guide to heritage learning, networking and experiences, from Branches to ‘CPD Providers’ & beyond… 06/11/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 06/11/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 06/11/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD signpost: RICHeS Access Fund 2nd call opens, to £20K & 15/12, to access ‘cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 06/11/2026
- IHBC Director’s top pick from HESPR’s £68M+ works: BID seeks multidisciplinary team to study local retail areas, to 20/11 and £40K 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (builders) doorstep’: Budget measures welcomed, but much more work left to do – industry warns 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Castle Eden bridge demolition plans withdrawn by Stockton Borough Council 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Westminster honours engineer who helped inspire the world of James Bond 06/11/2026
- Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2029 06/11/2026
- Local History Hub launches new School & Heritage Consultancy pilot 06/11/2026
- AHF awards new grants through the Heritage Revival Fund 06/11/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: First Joint Transnational Call of the ‘Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership’ to 11 January 2027 06/11/2026
UK Government Guidance on health risks of damp and mould
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1 in 5 charities could stop operating this winter due to ‘cost of giving crisis’
New research from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) suggests that the cost of living crisis has sparked a cost of giving crisis for charities that could see 1 in 5 stop operating this winter.
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Developer fails to overturn decision to list Port Dundas sawmill
The developer behind plans to demolish a Victorian industrial building in Glasgow to deliver a block of 60 apartments has lost an appeal against a decision to give it listed status.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Auckland’s Heritage Counts Report 2023 published
Running since 2018, Auckland’s Heritage Counts Report programme aims to highlight the extent and benefits of heritage in Auckland through the collection of statistics and research.
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IHBC welcomes and worries over RTPI’s UK ‘pulse of planning today’: Lower salaries, limited diversity, fewer in public service…
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the planning profession in the United Kingdom, issued as its State of the Profession 2023 report, which shows how public sector planners have fallen by a quarter between 2009 and 2020 and median salaries have effectively fallen from £50,000 in 2005 to £33,000 today.
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FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) closes soon
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ signpost: Culture in Communities… a place-based approach in Scotland
A report detailing the findings and recommendations of Scotland’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee was published online, following its inquiry on culture in communities.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £20K+ costed works: Council seeks accredited design team for GII works, closing 17/11
IHBC Chair David McDonald said: ‘Our weekly News and Tender Alert offers current tender opportunities to HESPR members, supporting commercial conservation businesses that work to the IHBC’s standards and expectations. These regular selections offer the wider heritage world regular insights into the conservation profession that we hope combine good news, sector profile and service inspiration all in one.’
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IHBC features ‘Heritage the doorstep’: £10m renovation of Leeds’ Kirkgate Market sees ‘blockshops’ transformed
The first phase of a £10m renovation of a series of Kirkgate Market units has been completed, as leaders in the city argue that the investment will make a ‘huge difference to traders’, reports The Yorkshire Evening Post.
image for illustration: Kirkgate Market by Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Innovative new finance model set to boost biodiversity in Plymouth: A ‘Habitat Bank’ to maintain biodiversity
Biodiversity in Plymouth is set to skyrocket thanks to an innovative new venture from Plymouth City Council, as a ‘Habitat Bank’ will ensure that the biodiversity net gain required by law will also ensure that natural habitats are looked after and maintained for many years to come.
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Cyark Survey: Help improve OpenHeritage3D data
CyArk, lead in developing 3D recording technologies for cultural heritage, has issued a 5 – 20 minute survey covering issues such as Data Quality and Ethics; Data Usage and Accessibility and Data Preservation.
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County Councils Network: English Councils are ‘running out of road’ to prevent financial insolvency… overspends top £600m
New analysis has revealed that England’s largest councils face overspending their budgets by over £600m this year, as ‘uncontrollable’ spending pressures drive up the cost of delivering services to vulnerable children, reports England’s County Councils Network (CCN)
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Charities handing back ‘unsustainable’ public contracts, says NCVO chief
Charities are handing back public contracts that do not cover the full cost of delivering their services, the chief executive of NCVO has said.
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WLCOW launches annual Awards programme of scholarships and bursaries
The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales (WLCOW) has launched annual Awards programme of scholarships and bursaries to students as well as to apprentices and young people in the armed forces
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening set for 2024…
Notre-Dame Cathedral’s reopening is set for 2024, though the interior restoration won’t be done in time for the Paris Olympics, reports Bloomberg.
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IHBC welcomes SAHGB’s new Girouard Fund for Publications, open from Autumn 2023, in memory of Mark Girouard (1931- 2022)
The IHBC has welcomed the initiative by its joint Research Awards partner, the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), to establish The Girouard Fund for Publications, from Autumn 2023, in memory of one of Britain’s greatest architectural historians Mark Girouard (1931- 2022).
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FINAL CHANCE: Consultation on joint IHBC-HTVF-CV ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) closes soon
A consultation on updating and enhancing the IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector statement on practice principles for specialists working in built and historic environment conservation roles.
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BOOKING STILL OPEN: IHBC’s SE Branch: Booking open on St John’s Catholic Seminary, Wonersh – 3/11 & 11/11, all welcome, especially new members
Booking is still open to all for the IHBC South East (SE) Branch CPD and networking site visits and tours of St John’s Catholic Seminary, Wonersh, near Guildford, on 11 November 2023, with members new and old from all Branches especially encouraged to come along.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings features IHBC’s new Competence Descriptors
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week highlights Designing Buildings featuring the IHBC’s new Competence Descriptor updates.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: Tarbert builds on regeneration success – £100k heritage scheme
Ambitious plans to regenerate Tarbert on Loch Fyne are taking shape following the announcement of new funding for the project, reports Scottish Construction Now.
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Five AHF-supported projects win NLHF New Grant Awards
Following the announcement of the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s (NJHF) £12.2M investment to help save the UK’s historic buildings, the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is very pleased that five AHF-supported projects across England have secured significant grant funding.
image: AHF website – photo courtesy of Lowestoft Town Council
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11 new training bursaries awarded by Heritage Crafts
Heritage Crafts has awarded 11 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills, supported by the City & Guilds Foundation and more.
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RTPI responds to Long Term Plan for Towns
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the government’s announcement of its long-term plan for towns, which will see 55 towns, including seven in Scotland and four in Wales, receiving long-term investment.
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The planning awards are back for 2024 – Enter by 7 December 2024 to secure Early Bird discount
Haymarket Media Group has announced the highly anticipated return of the Planning Awards for 2024.
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FT creates visual investigations team, hires Alison Killing
The Financial Times (FT) has appointed architect and journalist Alison Killing as a senior visual investigations reporter, leading a newly created visual investigations team.
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